Coin registering toy bank



y 1937. M. DE CESARE 2,079,202

COIN REGISTERING TOY BANK Filed Dec 18, 1955 INVENTOR. Mar/20 2): ([34,?!

BY CU 5Q ATTORNEY.

Patented May 4, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COIN REGISTERING TOY BANK Application December 18, 1935, Serial No. 54,969

2 Claims.

This invention relates to portable coin receiving toy banks and has as one of its objects to provide a container receptive of coins whereby the habit of thrift is inculcated and the money safely conserved.

A further feature is in the provision of means causing registration of each coin as it is entered and which is not readily possible to remove fraudulently by hand.

Another purpose is to produce a bank which becomes automatically looked upon the entry oi the first coin and remains locked until a definite, predetermined number of coins have been en-- tered whereupon a cover closure is released permitting the bank to be opened for the recovery of the coins.

A still further aim is to provide a small, compact bank for coin saving purposes, of pleasing appearance and which can be produced at a moderate cost.

These meritorious objects and others of an analogous nature are accomplished by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, constituting an essential component of this disclosure, and in Which:-

Figure l is a perspective view of an embodi ment of the invention looking from the coin discharge side.

Figure 2 is a plan view looking from the same side, the cover removed and parts broken away to show the construction.

Figure 3 is a similar plan view, looking from the opposite side, showing the coin registering device by which the total value of the contents may be ascertained.

Figure 4 is a plan View showing the opposite side of the number disc, actuating pawl, detent and other details.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2, drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 is another sectional view taken at a right angle to Fig. 5 on line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary side and sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 5.

Figure 8 is a broken perspective view showing the cover removed and the shutter partially open.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing, a flat, generally rectangular casing having rounded corners is designated by the numeral l5, the same having four equal side walls l6 and bottom I 1.

One of the side walls contains an elongated slot l8 having an inreaching shelf H] to guide an entering coin. A plate is fixedly secured to 55 the side Wall adjacent the slot and provided with an inreaching flange 2| spaced parallel to and cooperative with the shelf [9, the flange having a hook 22 at one edge.

As seen in Figs. 5 and 6 the plate 20 is cut away to permit the free passage of a coin, entering through the slot l8, and near the end, remote from the slot, is a spring detent 23 disposed close to the bottom wall ll of the casing.

A tubular rivet 24, set centrally in the bottom wall of the casing, has pivoted on it a lever 25 movable on the inner surface of the bottom wall and having a raised face flange 26 disposed at an angle to the center line of the lever, the flange provided with an angular end portion 21' of lesser width, these elements being drawn to partially cover the slot l8 by a tension spring 23 attached at its respective ends to the hook 22, and a similar but oppositely disposed hook 29 on the other edge of the face flange 26.

Another flange 30 formed on the lever 25, at approximately a right angle to the face flange Z3, terminates in a spring pawl 35.

Also pivoted on the rivet 24 is a disc 33 having, in the present case, fifty uniform ratchet teeth 34 on its periphery engageable by the pawl 3| and detent 25; thus it will be understood that when a coin of a certain denomination, as a dime, is inserted in the slot I8, it pushes against the face flanges 26--21, shifting the lever and causing the pawl 3| to advance the disc 33, one tooth at each coin insertion, after which the spring 28 returns the lever to its initial position, the detent 23 preventing reverse movement of the disc.

In the bottom wall I! of the casing is an indentation 35 on which is shown the numeral 0, representing cents, and in substantial alinement with the zero, are two spaced perforations 36-3? through which appear certain numerals in the concentric rows 3839 disposed on the under surface of the dial 33, as best shown in Figure 3, these numerals indicating the value of the sum total of the coins entered through the slot l8.

A raised annular bead or ring 40 is formed in the disc 33 concentric with its axis, this ring being cut across transversely to constitute a radial slot M.

A cover is formed with flanges 46 on each of four side edges to enter between the side walls of the casing and become mechanically conr fined therewithin.

The cover contains a wedge shaped aperture 47 and has an offset seat 48 at its arcuate upper edge.

A tubular rivet 50 is set in the cover near the edge, opposite the seat 48, and pivoted on the rivet is a lever like shutter plate 51, its upper, arcuate edge having on one side a flat extension 5!; its outer marginal portion and that of the lever being slidably held between the seat 48 and inner surface of the cover 45 in a manner to swing freely on its pivot 50, in the channel thus formed but prevented from being pressed inwardly of the casing due to the supporting guide seat 48.

A tension spring 52 is attached at one end to a hook 53 extending inwardly from one of the cover flanges and at the other end engages a corresponding hook 54 formed on a projection on the lever, this spring acting to maintain the shutter in a position to cover the aperture 41 and prevent the passage of coins therethrough.

A finger grip 55 on the shutter provides means for manually shifting the shutter to open position when it is free to move.

A flanged arm 55 is raised at a right angle from the shutter 5|, terminating in a detent 51 adapted to contact with the outer side of the ring 40 as it is rotated, thereby positively preventing displacement of the shutter until the ring moves into position to present the slot 4| for the detent 51 to pass through.

Thus after the first coin has been entered and registered on the dial, through the openings 36-31, the shutter becomes locked against movement on its pivot and remains locked until the full complement of coins has been entered, at which time the ring presents the slot to the detent and allows the shutter 5| to be moved from the aperture 47, releasing the coins.

Although the forego ng is descriptive of the best known embodiment of the invention, it is not to be regarded as restrictive, since minor changes, not involving the exercise of invention may be 40 made within the spirit and scope of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described the invention and set forth the manner of its construction and operation, what is claimed as new and sought to secure by Letters Patent, 152-- 1. In a coin bank having a substantially rectangular casing provided with a coin entrance slot in one of its narrow sides, a rotatable disc having a raised annular bead concentric its axis, provided with a single transverse slot, and means to advance said disc upon the entrance of each consecutive coin step by step, a cover secured to said casing, said cover having an opening for the recovery of entered coins, a lever pivoted to said cover to act as a shutter for the cover opening, a spring to maintain the shutter in closed position, auard integral with said cover to prevent the shutter from being laterally displaced, and a detent on said shutter to ride on said disc bead thereby retaining the shutter in fixed position until engaged by the slot in the bead of said disc.

2. A bank for coins comprising a casing having a fixed cover provided with an opening, a rotatable ratchet disc having a raised annular concentric its axis provided with a single transverse slot, a shutter pivoted on said cover to control the ,assage through the opening therein, said shutter being flat and having a curved outer edge, straight radial front and rear edges and an extension on its rear edge curved in conformity with its outer edge, means integral with said 5 cover to retain said shutter in close relation against the inner side of the cover when closed, an arm on said shutter to ride on said annulus whereby said shutter is maintained in a closed position relative to the opening and released when said arm enters the mentioned slot, a spring urging said shutter into closed position, and a finger grip inset from the rear edge of the shutter to shift said shutter when released by said disc annulus.

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